What it used to be like, most of the time:
When you are in the matchmaking queue, players join until there are 6 and then the lobby starts.

What it is like now very often:
Player 6 joins
Player 7 joins
Player 8 joins
The game starts with others who were in the queue, but without one self.
Player 4 joins
Player 5 joins
Player 6 joins
It takes a while
Game lobby starts

That’s because it tries to match you with players of a similar rank. The longer you wait, the further apart the ranks will get. If 6 players are matched whilst you are outside the rank range, then you won’t be put into that match.

This does not explain why it has become so much worse a few days ago. The matchmaking as you describe it here was introduced about two month ago if I remember right. Please somebody correct me on this.

I know I am not the only one who is experiencing this. But maybe this does not affect all players.

Yeah a few people have said this but I can’t see any reason why. I’ve not noticed anything myself. Of course, sometimes it does frustrating things and you are left there like DUDE SERIOUSLY? But that’s a drawback of being high ranked

There may be room for improvement in the algorithm I guess. I don’t necessarily see that it’s wrong as it is though.

its not that bad but when you are one of the first to wait and then there are many people that come over and you see in queue 9 people and say now it will finally begin then the algorithm proceeds to keep you out. And then you have to wait again and then it happens again for another two times it gets a bit frustrating but thats ok i guess. Also sometimes friends want to play together and it keeps them apart(thats an idea for an improvement to the algorithm) and Frederik can’t rank up that way ;D

Nice idea though i didn’t know it worked like that ,i always thought it kept the players which were from the previous game together at the next game. didn’t think about rank matching